The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City